Nanofiber

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Scope Note: Nanofibers are an exciting newclass of material used for
several value added applications such as medical, filtration, barrier, wipes, personal
care, composite, garments, insulation, and energy storage. special properties of
nanofibers make them suitable for a wide range of applications from medical to consumer
products and industrial to high-tech applications for serospace, capacitors, transistors,
drug delivery systems, battery separators, energy storage, fuel cells, and information
technology.Source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037967790900530X

Scope Note: While there is some discussion on the exact definition
of a nanofiber, the consensus in the nonwovens industry has been that anything under
1 micron in diameter is a nanofiber. To put this in perspective, one nanometer is
equivalent to one billionth of a meter, making nanofibers many orders of magnitude
smaller than an average human hair.Source: http://www.snsnano.com/aboutNanoFibers.asp